Categories DavidSwimming the Severn at Shrewsbury: mandarin drake Post author By David Post date 17 June 2022 Just a little upstream from the loop in the Severn almost enclosing the centre of Shrewsbury, a mandarin duck, a drake, swimming in the river. It looked well fed and healthy, as far as it was possible to tell from the far bank. ← Globe lilies about to open, Severn, Shrewsbury → Riverside flags